Courts & Cases

Vênus

In 1811, 21 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 1, Case ID LA-E-3822 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown.

Case Details
UID LA-E-3822
Case Name Vênus
Year 1811
Government Department Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain
Court Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown
Trial Outcome Condemned
Enslaved Total 23
Liberated Africans Total 21
Registered Total 21
Notes
Sources The National Archives, UK, CO 967/91, "List of Vessels adjudicated at the Court of Vice Admiralty of Sierra Leone having the number of slaves captured and emancipated," 3 Sep. 1809 - 31 Dec. 1825, large document (15 ft. long); SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 7572.
Cite as:

Lovejoy, H. B. (2024). Conceptualizing ‘Liberated Africans’ and Slave Trade Abolition: Government Schemes to Indenture Enslaved People Captured from Slavery, 1800–1920. Past & Present, 1-69. https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtae019

Chadha, K. (2024). Regenerated Identities: A Collaborative Web-based Content Management System for Digital Humanities. International Journal of Computer Applications, 186(29), 28–33. https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume186/number29/regenerated-identities-a-collaborative-web-based-content-management-system-for-digital-humanities/
Event Details
UID LA-E-3822
Case Name Vênus
Departure from Africa
Date 1811-08-28
Region Western Bight
Place Badagry
Enslaved Total 23
Capture
Date 1811-09-01
Location
Navy Britain
Ship Thais
Captain Edward Scobell
Supporting Ships
Trial
Sentence Date 1811-12-16
Government Department Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain
Court Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown
Trial Outcome Condemned
Date
Region Rivers of West Africa
Place Freetown
Liberated Africans 21
Registered 21
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